The health desk at The Atlantic might be looking a little bit like a wood shop, thanks to their reporting on the medical marvels of bone putty:
Researchers at the University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense are developing a new “fracture putty” with the aim of significantly shortening the healing time of bone fractures in humans.
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The research team is using adult stem cells to produce proteins involved in bone healing and generation. They incorporate these proteins into a gel….
Rats with broken bones were up and walking in two weeks. They expect much the same from humans.